Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• from hunger: Motivated or caused by a state of hunger.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• due to: Because of; owing to
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• military: Army or armed forces
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• address: Exact street location of a place
• huge: Very very large
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• aid: To help others and provide things
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
• land: Region or country
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• crescent: Curved in shape with narrow ends and wider middle
• convoy: Group of moving vehicles, e.g. of an army/navy
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• loosen: To make something less tight
• spokesman: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
• amir: Islamic ruler in Africa or Arabia; emir